MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – One person received nonlife-threatening injuries during a shooting in the 200 block of East Sherman Boulevard in the vicinity of the Five Star Mart convenience store.

A shooting occurred in the 200 block of East Sherman Boulevard in Muskegon Heights on Jan. 9, 2013.Jonathan Garcia | jgarcia4@mlive.com

Muskegon Heights police officers in the area reported the shooting around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9. Police were still in the area at 7:50 p.m. scouring the sidewalks and bushes across the street with flashlights and high powered beams from their police cruisers.

“It looks like they’re up there looking for a weapon, possibly gun shell casings,” a Pro Med Ambulance paramedic said at the scene.

Muskegon Heights Police Chief Lynne Gill later confirmed that the victim is a black male in his early 20s who was shot in the area around his groin. Gill said the injuries were not life-threatening and that the situation is still under investigation.

Pro Med Ambulance transported the victim, whose name was not released, to Mercy Health Partners Hackley Campus for treatment.

According to Gill, no one else was injured in the shooting. Police are continuing to investigate.